Thesaurus results for RULERS

rulers

noun

plural of ruler

as in monarchs

one who rules over a people with a sole, supreme, and usually hereditary authority the aging ruler agonized over the choice of an heir

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Recent Examples of rulers The vote underscores the staying power of Africa’s aging leaders on a continent that has some of the world’s oldest rulers despite boasting the youngest population globally. —

Farai Mutsaka, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026 Swift passes both Rihanna and Drake, who sit side-by-side with 14 rulers apiece. —

Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026 Throughout history, rulers and political movements have used public spectacles of combat to evoke courage, sacrifice, collective strength and national purpose. —

Scott Atran, The Conversation, 17 June 2026 If Iran’s rulers are so rational and nice, one wonders why their potential acquisition of a nuclear weapon would so concern the United States. —

Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 17 June 2026 But realistically, who will actually object to a 220-odd-year-old image which celebrates the end of slavery and a country throwing off its colonial rulers? —

Nick Miller, New York Times, 12 June 2026 The strikes, which Afghanistan's Taliban rulers said hit the eastern provinces of Khost, Kunar and Paktika, shattered more than a month of calm in the war. —

CBS News, 10 June 2026 The inscriptions include his throne, birth names of the Pharaoh, who is also known as Sesostris III, and was one of the most prominent rulers of Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. —

ABC News, 1 June 2026 Built by Rajput rulers of the Chauhan clan, the fort later came under the control of the Delhi sultanate and the Mughals before returning to the Rajput rulers of Jaipur. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 1 June 2026

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The Dutch monarchs, who were joined by their daughter Princess Ariane, began the day by watching Holland rout Sweden 5-1 in a Group F match.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
The king and queen always face the direction of travel and will exit first; their guests face the footmen and will exit after the monarchs.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026